Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other Salary — Bellingham, Washington

The average Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Bellingham, Washington earns $53,550 a year.

$53,550 / year, mean
↑ 6.9% above national average 82th percentile in Washington

Bellingham pays well above most of Washington for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for office and administrative support workers, all other — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.4%
Cost of living 103 #32 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $620,829 #15 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,989 #46 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bellingham ranks #32 for cost of living and #15 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Buffalo $74,650 Santa Cruz $71,610 Kiryas Joel $70,710 El Centro $70,500 Trenton $69,940 San Jose $68,370 San Francisco $65,500 San Diego $62,190 Merced $60,880 Napa $60,320 Santa Rosa $60,070 Lansing $59,600 Vallejo $58,940 Stockton $58,820 Ann Arbor $58,580 Los Angeles $58,140 Sacramento $57,980 York $57,290 Louisville $56,800 Philadelphia $56,750 Hanford $56,710 Charlottesville $56,540 Salinas $56,450 Atlantic City $55,970 Kalamazoo $55,600 Portland $55,540 Santa Maria $55,330 Salem $55,130 Seattle $54,880 Bremerton $54,630 Niles $54,530 Rochester $54,090 Indianapolis $54,080 Roanoke $54,060 Bend $53,820 Albany $53,810 Riverside $53,770 Winchester $53,720 Lexington Park $53,670 Corvallis $53,630 Punta Gorda $53,600 Bellingham $53,550 Lexington $53,460 Baltimore $53,210 Albany $53,160 Longview $52,720 Richmond $52,570 Virginia Beach $52,160 Crestview $52,060 Oxnard $52,050 Fresno $51,930 Salisbury $51,840 Modesto $51,640 Naples $51,540 Wenatchee $51,310 Walla Walla $51,050 Kennewick $50,880 Wildwood $50,520 Sebastian $50,400 Lebanon $50,070 Palm Bay $50,050 Battle Creek $50,030 Olympia $50,030 Homosassa Springs $49,980 Harrisburg $49,970 Reading $49,970 Miami $49,820 Flint $49,780 Spokane $49,690 Eugene $49,590 Chicago $49,120 Medford $48,630 Bakersfield $48,290 Midland $48,290 Hagerstown $48,010 Mount Vernon $47,660 Springfield $47,640 Yakima $47,620 Blacksburg $47,590 Dallas $47,430 Grand Rapids $47,340 Harrisonburg $47,320 Allentown $47,300 San Antonio $47,110 Visalia $46,800 Redding $46,680 Peoria $46,610 Pittsburgh $46,530 Port St. Lucie $46,210 Ocala $46,190 Scranton $45,980 Deltona $45,950 Killeen $45,800 Staunton $45,770 Sarasota $45,660 Austin $45,440 Saginaw $45,270 El Paso $45,230 Laredo $45,150 Houston $44,810 Victoria $44,470 Dover $44,350 Sherman $44,300 Charleston $43,570 Fort Myers $43,480 Odessa $43,370 Panama City $43,210 Lakeland $43,190 Beaumont $43,170 Abilene $43,070 Lynchburg $43,010 Sebring $42,750 Syracuse $42,610 Tampa $42,450 McAllen $42,320 College Station $42,090 Jackson $41,910 Waco $41,820 Orlando $41,770 Yuba City $41,730 Texarkana $41,680 Corpus Christi $41,640 Tyler $41,100 Longview $40,930 San Angelo $40,840 Eagle Pass $40,610 Wichita Falls $39,610 Muskegon $39,420 Lubbock $39,360 Pensacola $38,780 Morgantown $37,640 Huntington $36,120 Brownsville $35,160 Gainesville $34,670 Amarillo $33,840 Tallahassee $33,760
CityMean salaryvs. Bellingham
Abilene, Texas$43,070-19.6%
Albany, Oregon$53,810+0.5%
Albany, New York$53,160-0.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$47,300-11.7%
Amarillo, Texas$33,840-36.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$58,580+9.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$55,970+4.5%
Austin, Texas$45,440-15.1%
Bakersfield, California$48,290-9.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$53,210-0.6%
Battle Creek, Michigan$50,030-6.6%
Beaumont, Texas$43,170-19.4%
Bend, Oregon$53,820+0.5%
Blacksburg, Virginia$47,590-11.1%
Bremerton, Washington$54,630+2.0%
Brownsville, Texas$35,160-34.3%
Buffalo, New York$74,650+39.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$43,480-18.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$43,570-18.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$56,540+5.6%
Chicago, Illinois$49,120-8.3%
College Station, Texas$42,090-21.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$41,640-22.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$53,630+0.1%
Crestview, Florida$52,060-2.8%
Dallas, Texas$47,430-11.4%
Deltona, Florida$45,950-14.2%
Dover, Delaware$44,350-17.2%
Eagle Pass, Texas$40,610-24.2%
El Centro, California$70,500+31.7%
El Paso, Texas$45,230-15.5%
Eugene, Oregon$49,590-7.4%
Flint, Michigan$49,780-7.0%
Fresno, California$51,930-3.0%
Gainesville, Florida$34,670-35.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$47,340-11.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$48,010-10.3%
Hanford, California$56,710+5.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$49,970-6.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$47,320-11.6%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$49,980-6.7%
Houston, Texas$44,810-16.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$36,120-32.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$54,080+1.0%
Jackson, Michigan$41,910-21.7%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$55,600+3.8%
Kennewick, Washington$50,880-5.0%
Killeen, Texas$45,800-14.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$70,710+32.0%
Lakeland, Florida$43,190-19.3%
Lansing, Michigan$59,600+11.3%
Laredo, Texas$45,150-15.7%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$50,070-6.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,460-0.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$53,670+0.2%
Longview, Texas$40,930-23.6%
Longview, Washington$52,720-1.5%
Los Angeles, California$58,140+8.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$56,800+6.1%
Lubbock, Texas$39,360-26.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$43,010-19.7%
McAllen, Texas$42,320-21.0%
Medford, Oregon$48,630-9.2%
Merced, California$60,880+13.7%
Miami, Florida$49,820-7.0%
Midland, Texas$48,290-9.8%
Modesto, California$51,640-3.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$37,640-29.7%
Mount Vernon, Washington$47,660-11.0%
Muskegon, Michigan$39,420-26.4%
Napa, California$60,320+12.6%
Naples, Florida$51,540-3.8%
Niles, Michigan$54,530+1.8%
Sarasota, Florida$45,660-14.7%
Ocala, Florida$46,190-13.7%
Odessa, Texas$43,370-19.0%
Olympia, Washington$50,030-6.6%
Orlando, Florida$41,770-22.0%
Oxnard, California$52,050-2.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$50,050-6.5%
Panama City, Florida$43,210-19.3%
Pensacola, Florida$38,780-27.6%
Peoria, Illinois$46,610-13.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$56,750+6.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$46,530-13.1%
Portland, Oregon$55,540+3.7%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$46,210-13.7%
Punta Gorda, Florida$53,600+0.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$49,970-6.7%
Redding, California$46,680-12.8%
Richmond, Virginia$52,570-1.8%
Riverside, California$53,770+0.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$54,060+1.0%
Rochester, New York$54,090+1.0%
Sacramento, California$57,980+8.3%
Saginaw, Michigan$45,270-15.5%
Salem, Oregon$55,130+3.0%
Salinas, California$56,450+5.4%
Salisbury, Maryland$51,840-3.2%
San Angelo, Texas$40,840-23.7%
San Antonio, Texas$47,110-12.0%
San Diego, California$62,190+16.1%
San Francisco, California$65,500+22.3%
San Jose, California$68,370+27.7%
Santa Cruz, California$71,610+33.7%
Santa Maria, California$55,330+3.3%
Santa Rosa, California$60,070+12.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$45,980-14.1%
Seattle, Washington$54,880+2.5%
Sebastian, Florida$50,400-5.9%
Sebring, Florida$42,750-20.2%
Sherman, Texas$44,300-17.3%
Spokane, Washington$49,690-7.2%
Springfield, Illinois$47,640-11.0%
Staunton, Virginia$45,770-14.5%
Stockton, California$58,820+9.8%
Syracuse, New York$42,610-20.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$33,760-37.0%
Tampa, Florida$42,450-20.7%
Texarkana, Texas$41,680-22.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$69,940+30.6%
Tyler, Texas$41,100-23.2%
Vallejo, California$58,940+10.1%
Victoria, Texas$44,470-17.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$52,160-2.6%
Visalia, California$46,800-12.6%
Waco, Texas$41,820-21.9%
Walla Walla, Washington$51,050-4.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$51,310-4.2%
Wichita Falls, Texas$39,610-26.0%
Wildwood, Florida$50,520-5.7%
Winchester, Virginia$53,720+0.3%
Yakima, Washington$47,620-11.1%
York, Pennsylvania$57,290+7.0%
Yuba City, California$41,730-22.1%
Gross salary
53,550/yr
Estimated take-home
45,207/yr
Est. total withheld
15.6%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-9199 SOC code
Official area Bellingham, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 13380 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
228,432